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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (118704)	5/14/2002 11:27:37 PM
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More off topic "brain impaired" stuff -- Japanese Melon Sells for Over $1,000 May 14, 2002 Japanese Melon Sells for Over $1,000 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:45 p.m. ET TOKYO (AP) -- Got an extra grand to spend? You could take a cruise in the Caribbean, get a spiffy new suit -- or buy a melon in Japan. In a high-stakes publicity stunt, Mistukoshi department store in the northern city of Sapporo bought a single melon Tuesday for the juicy price of $1,171. It plans to auction the fruit Wednesday to choosy customers bent on taking home the season's first melon, which Mistukoshi described as brimming with ``happiness and luck.'' Mitsukoshi itself emerged as the highest bidder for the fruit Tuesday at the local wholesale food market where the store regularly bids on the highest priced melons to hit the market each year. Pricey fruits are common in Japan, where apples, melons and grapes are coddled during cultivation and prized as gifts. A passion for eating melons -- known to go for $78 each ordinarily -- is a sign of opulence. Mitsukoshi hopes a bit of that image wears off. ``We buy the melons at such high prices because it gives the customer the impression that Mistukoshi is the place to buy the best fruits,'' store spokesman Harunito Ogino said. Copyright 2002 The Associated Press

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